Topic summary
82% 1 analyzed article/video 711 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Infectious-Diseases results contain 28 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias , Appeal to Authority , and Attempt to Sell a Product or Service , with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 11.9% saturation with 338 hits . Analysis detected 2,049 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,844 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.6% and a BS Rank of 53% (10,550 of 22,018 topics). This Infectious-Diseases is worse (more manipulative) than 52.10% of the peer group. Infectious-Diseases
Topic details
Total words: 2,844
Article count: 1
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
52% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 52.1% percentile 2.6% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.8K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 1.9% 1.9% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 4.2% 4.2% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 8.3% 8.3% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 1.8% 1.8% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 1.2% 1.2% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 11.9% 11.9% Attempt to Sell a Product… Sitewide 0.5% Topic 5.5% 5.5% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 6.1% 6.1% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 3.7% 3.7% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 2.4% 2.4% Sitewide departure map Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often
0.0% 0.0% 10% 10% 20% 20% 30% 30% 40% 40% 50% 50% Framing Effect: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 8.3%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 15.9% Optimism Bias: Topic 11.9%, sitewide 6.0% Appeal to Authority: Topic 6.1%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 7.5% Halo Effect: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 6.7% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 0.5% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 5.3% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.7%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 3.1% Indoctrination: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 0.0% Recency Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.2% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.0%, sitewide 0.8% Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 1.9% False Dilemma: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.5% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst